Looking for good review sites

[Deuce Traveler]

So, since Jeff Gerstmann was fired from Gamespot.com I am no longer certain I can trust them in being accurate in regards to their game reviews.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50134
http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/11/29 (foul language)

I was wondering where everyone goes when they want to trust an on-line review for upcoming video games, CRPG and otherwise. I used to check Gamespot daily but now have removed them off my list of favorites. Since I've done this I've been having trouble finding news on games that are now hyped or part of a large company, but may still be good.

 

[Lazybones]

I use metacritic.com. I find reviews to be more trustworthy when taken in a collective sense, and I can easily see whether a given site is an outlier or within the consensus.

I also like Ars Technica. Although they have stopped giving numbered reviews, they usually give good, nuanced coverage of the positives and negatives of a title.

 

[trancejeremy]

Yup, Metacritic and Gamerankings are probably the most useful sites, IMHO, because they list most the scores. And frankly, any one source is likely to be biased. Eventually they sort of even out.

 

[horacethegrey]

Gametrailers has some pretty good video reviews. And you actually get to see the games in action, which for me is a big plus.

 

[Thanee]

I use Google. Put in 'review' and the name of the game and then see what's coming up.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Steel_Wind]

I use Gametab for most of my PC and console news and reviews.

It is essentially a digester that covers 20 major gaming sites and puts the links all on one page. It is updated several times an hour.

This provides me with a far better selection of news and reviews than any one site could ever hope to provide.

http://www.gametab.com/

 

[Deuce Traveler]

Thank you all for the advice (even Thanee's ). I'm going to try those and give my input. One of the best things about this site is how helpful people are.

 

[Bront]

Gamespot could still be useful to you if you don't trust their reviews.

They usually have links to several other reviews and a compilation of their scores. You can search games out at Gamespot, and head to the other sites from there.

IGN seems to have a lot of reviews, but I've never been a big fan of theres.

 

[Thanee]

Thank you all for the advice (even Thanee's ).

Hey, that was totally serious, since single reviews are always colored by their single reviewers (single as in numerically alone as opposed to being socially alone ).

Same with game magazines. When there is something new, I am interested in, I usually buy two or three different mags to see the various angles from which the reviewers look at it.

A single site just doesn't do that. And there are a lot of independant reviewers or even simple comments on sites such as Amazon out there, which are rather helpful in getting a good grasp of what a game (or whatever else) is about.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Kid Charlemagne]

I like Gamespy's reviews, though I haven't checked out hardly any of the other sites mentioned - I will though!

Side Note: an old roommate of mine was one of the original main tech guys at Gamespot; he even travelled to GenCon for them one year. So I was a Gamspot fan for a long time, but they lost utility for me quite a few years ago.